“That isn’t really that unusual,” she said. “There’s all sorts of reasons that can happen. Some people wait until they have a good pile of tickets before they check them. People could have been on holiday.”

The winning numbers were 8, 10, 17, 36, 39, and 44 with a bonus number of 40.

The jackpot was the second big win for Saskatchewan in August. Mary Wernicke from Neville, Sask. won the Aug. 12 prize of $60 million, the largest jackpot in the province’s history.